Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where even the oldest Heroes can get a new spin. On that note, this week we are reading Altered States: The Shadow #1! How’s It Different? This one probably counts as an imaginary story, albeit one that has nothing in particular that prevents it from taking place and…
DetailsGreetings and salutations! Welcome back to another Fabulous Find, I’m glad you found your way back, or howdy, if this is your first visit. If you like this column, please check out my other ones, by clicking on my name above. With all that out of the way, let’s jump into today’s find … I had…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where Chris really needs to check on the availability of a film before committing to it. Instead The Mysterians, we’ll be watching the post-apocalyptic Kikaider spin-off Mechanical Violator Hakaider! Plot Rundown A group of scavengers in a post-apocalyptic future accidentally awaken a powerful and violent android named Hakaider. Hakaider slaughters them…
DetailsIt’s getting colder, but the collections are still sizzling! Wednesday, December 7 – Comics Collector Estate Sale Part 8: Silver and Bronze Comics @6PM Eastern This session is both in the showroom and online – join us in person or live via Proxibid. Highlights include 1st apps of Mera, The Squadron Supreme, Ocean Master, & Werewolf By Night…
DetailsCover dated September 1972, DC Comics presented to the world, Jack Kirby’s next round of original creations, The Demon # 1, or as the cover touted: “Jack Kirby’s Startling New Epic”! Into his second year at DC, Jack’s fourth world series, incompassing The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle and Jimmy Olson were losing sales and readers…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where the familiar meets the unfamiliar. There are few occasions that will be truer than today, when we look at the post Marvel vs. DC soup known as the Amalgam Universe! Specifically, we’re reading JLX #1 and JLX Unleashed #1. How’s It Different? It’s a new category, an…
DetailsNot a Hoax! Not a Dream! Not an Imaginary Story! Because you demanded it, Back to the Past’s fantastic Black Friday deals have been extended through Sunday! The deals, detailed below, will officially run from 10 AM Friday (which, obviously, has already passed) until we at close at 5 PM on Sunday. Our BFDs* are:…
DetailsNineteen-sixty-six (1966), was the year of the Batman. First up was the television show that took the country by storm. Not just kids, but whole families, sat around their tv screens and rooted for the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin, to escape from a fiendish trap and defeat that week’s villain. And because of this,…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we rely on nerds more obsessive than ourselves to get our hands on stuff not available outside of Japan. That’s rarely truer than today, when we’re watching a direct to video spin-off to a Kamen Rider series – Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser. Plot Rundown We open with…
DetailsWelcome back gang! It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW and this week I’ve ventured into the Marvel Comics section of the comic book vault and pulled out Doctor Strange # 169, cover dated June 1968. It is the first issue of the good Doctor’s self-titled series. Previously, the ol’ doc had shared Strange Tales…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where classic do-gooders are usually receive darker and edgier reimaginings. Today, however, just the opposite will be happening in The Adventures of Spawn! How’s It Different? This one is a Royale with Cheese, in which many of the mainstream characters exist but are simply different, writ large. What’s…
DetailsHey there, fans, friends and family! It’s time for another Fabulous Find this week. And, as such, I have delved into the fanzine annex of the Comic Book Vault, buried deep beneath a secret location. Well, it’s secret, if you don’t know where my basement is. This week I’ve unearthed a couple of science fiction…
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